Cellular bottle or container.



Nq.854,357.- I PATENTED MAY 21,1907. v p 0. s. JACKSON.

CELLULAR BOTTLE OR CONTAINER.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 19,1906.

Witnesses: 35

. By his A tornewmw I Q i I I In ventor:

W Clarence-S-Lefion.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE S. JACKSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SEPTIME S. SANGUINETTE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CELLULAR BOTTLE OR CONTAINER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 21, 1907.

Application filed June 19, 1906. Serial No. 322,394.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. JAcKsON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New- York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cellular Bottles or Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to and has for an object to provide an improved cellular bottle or container for commodities, as for instance liquid, in a number of divided and separated bodies or portions, and provides means whereby each bodyor portion may be removed from its cell independently of the others and without disturbing the same.

The device is more particularly adapted for use in dispensing liquids which will ordinarily be dispensed or consumed in uniform quantities, and will comprise a body portion of some suitable material having within it a number of cells, which may be of the proper commodity.

size for receiving a proper predetermined amount of the liquid, and if such liquid is a beverage or liquor each cell will have the capacity for the quantity which is usually served for a single drink of that particular The cells will be so closed that each one may be opened individually and its contents removed without interfering with the contents of the other cells or with the closures therefor. The closure may be so arranged relative to the cells that some trade-mark feature or a seal or stamp may be broken or canceled upon opening each cell so that when all the cells have been opened the trade-mark will be effectively destroyed or the set of stamps or seals completely canceled, thus preventing refilling and resale under the former designations of origin or compliance with governmental regulations.

The invention also embodies a device for breaking the seal or closure for each chamber and for pouring oil the contents of the same, constituting, as it were, the bottle neck if the container is regarded as a bottle.

1n the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification Figure 1 illustrates, in perspective, a form of the present improvement. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the device shown in Fig. 1, the bottom portion, however, being broken away. Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of other forms or shapes of the container. Fig. 5 is a side view of a form of device for breaking the closure or seal and serving as a pouring mouth for dispensing the contents from the several cells. Fig. 6 is a view of the point or puncturing portion of the same. Fig. 7 is an end view of the device seen in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a side view of the device shown in its position after having punctured the seal or closure and obliterated or canceled some distinctive portion. of the design thereon, it being shown in a position where it may bef'employed as a pouring port for the cell or compartment which it has entered and Figfg is a perspective view illustrating the seal breaking device and the seal after the said device has been removed therefrom.

The body portion 20 of the container may be made of some suitable material im ervious .to the liquid which it is intended s all be packed therein, and it will then be made or coated with some material which will not be attacked by the material to be contained or injuriously aifect gthe flavor of the same. The body portion may be of glass and be provided with a number of receptacles or cells 21 which will extend nearly to the bottom of the body portion, and each of these cells may be made of the capacity to contain the amount of the commodity which appears to be the average amount of this particular commodity which will generally be consumed at one time. One of the cells, as 22, may be made for the reception of an opener or seal breaking device, and for convenience this may be the midmost chamber, and if the opening device is short, as is herein illus trated, the chamber may be of corresponding length, which will leave a centrally disposed spine 23 throughout nearly the entire length of the structure; this will add a certain amount of stability and support. A flange, indicated by 24, Fi 2, may be provided at the top ofthe body. In the present illustration the openings of the chambers or recep tacles are all on a plane and surrounded by said flange, the cells all opening at the face 26 of the body portion, which represents the mark, a stamp or a seal having a number of separated and distinct elements or designs,

designated by 40, and each of which will be so placed relative to' a cell mouth that the opener will cancel or mar that particular element in opening the cell, and when all the cells have been opened, the stamp, trademark, or seal will be so thoroughly obliterated or defaced, that fraudulent refilling will be readily detected and thereby rendered commercially impossible.

The opening device, designated in a generalway by 30, is shown in position in Fig. 2, and is located in such a manner that theolosure 27 in passing overthe face-26 also passes over the top of the opener, which opener is shown as having a flange or undercut mouth portion '31 occupying when in position a countersink 25 or flaring end of the cell 22. The portion 31 will not only assist in the removal of the opener from the cell which is in tended to contain it, but will also provide a flaring pouring mouth when .this 1s used for pouring purposes in discharging the contents of acell. In the form illustrated herein the o .ener comprises a substantiallycylindrica body portion 32 which is in the form of-a tubeand has within it some suitably formed knife for incising the seal or closure and obliterating the design on the seal or closure above the .cell which it is employedto open. This in the present instance is shown as a cruciform blade 33 having a pointed end .34, which when applied to the closure will make a cruciform incision, .as indicated at 35 in Fig. 9, and upon the passage of the body portion 32 within such opening the flaps 36 will closely embrace said body portion and make a secure and liquid tight joint. It may be that at times less than the entire contents of a cell will be withdrawn, and in which event the opener may be permitted to remain in place in the opened cell and may be closed by a stopper 45 of some suitable material. V

After the package has been filled with the desired commodity the closure 27 will be properly applied whereby it will seal each of the receptaclesorcellular chambers, and will also hold the opening device within its compartment. All of the cells may be filled with the same commodity or they may each be filled with a different commodity, whereby a sample case, of liquors for instance, may be put up 111 this convenient manner.

The shapes shown in Figs. 1 and 4 are such that containers made in these shapes may be readily packed in a very compact form for shipment or storage. It will also be seen that there is no outwardly extending bottle neck, the top of the device being square when the neck, which is interchangeable for all the cells, is not in an operative position. This gives, for purposes of packing and storage, a neckless bottle. If it was attempted to pour the contents from one of the cells across the face of the closure this would become very much soiled, .and while the stream was passing over such stop it would find-entrance perhaps into some of the previously opened cells; but the opener 30 serves as a bottle neck for each compartment, wherebythe pouring mouth 31 is brought to a suitable distance beyond the closure 27 which will enable a free and ready pouringof the -liquid.

The body of the opening device when made slightly tapering will securely the inturned portions of the seal or closure against the inside of the cells. This not only acts as a packing, as was before alluded to, but also will prevent any of the portion of the closure which is forced into the cell in the opening thereof from becoming disengaged and being floated out with the liquid as it is poured out.

Having described my invention I claim:

1. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a body portion having a plurality of cells for containing liquid, of a breakable cover for said cells.

2. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a body having a plurality of cells opening upon a common plane, of a breakable closure for said cells, said closure being provided with a distinct configuration above the mouthof-each of said cells.

3. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a body having a plurality of cells, of means for closing said cells and an interchangeable pouring mouth for said cells provided with a portion for opening the cell closing means.

4. In a liquid container, the combination with a body portion having a plurality of open cells, said openings being closely assembled, of means for closing said cells, and an interchangeable pouring neck and mouth for said-cells.

5. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a body portion having within it a plurality of cells, all but one of said cells being adapted to contain liquid, of an opening device for the closure for said cells located within said excepted cell, and a closure for all of said cells.

6. In a device of the character specified, the combination with a body portion having rectangular sides and ends, said body portion Signed at Nos. 9-15 Murray street, New having a Illllillbel of cells provilgleg with open- York, N. Y., this 6th day of June, 1906. ings in one o the ends of said 0 y, of means for closing said cells, and an interchangeable CLARENCE JACKSON 5 curing neck and mouth for said cells for Witnesses:

ringing the pouring point above the coln- FRED. J. DOLE, lnon plane of said cell mouths. HENRY E. GREENWOOD. 

